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Too Much OF This.

LONDON, December pa congratula-
tory luncheon was given to-day to Smith
and Kirain. Chairman White stated that
Smith would receive the 81 900, deposited
by his hackers. The two pugilists will be
banqueted.
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Canadian Pacific Steamers,

LONDON. December 22.-Three ttecl
steamers OF 3 900 tons each, viii be ll:l5
at the Fairfield yard on the Clyde to run
in the Canadian Pacific Railway Company s
,Japan and British Columbia service.
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Young Lee Arra1gned.

! CHc HcAGo, December CIV. Il. Lee. who
| shot his stepfatLer, Stephen W. Rawson,
| the banker, was arraigned in court to-day
! and pleaded not guilty to assault with IN
| tent to kill. He was remanded III $4,000
] l.
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Manning Sinking.

ALBANY, N. Y, December 22.-The con-
d,tjon OF ex.Secretary Manning at 9:15 is
about the same as at p. m. though he is
undoubtedly weaker.
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Reducing the Surplus.

Epoch: It is a lucky thing that Bar
pum's elephant Alice died. for in her
stomach were found between three and
four hundred pennies. Had she lived
much longer and continued her absorption
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AN epidemic OF bad feeling seems to pro
vail in Butte at present. The law in rela-
ton to carrying concealed weapons ought
to be rigidly enforced irrespective ot
pnrSun
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A Forfeit On,

LONDON, December 22.-The Sportsman
announces that it has received f25OO from
John L. Sullivan to bind him in a match
with either Smith or KiIrain, or both.
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Ives and StayMer.

New YORK. December 22.-District At
torncy MARITIME has ordered that he charges
again-t Harry S. Ives and Geo. II. stayner
be subn,ittei to the GRIND jury to-mor-
row.
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BUTTE MONTANA. SATURDAY. DECEMBER "a, 1887.

remove the impression that there is ex-
kreu1e suffering in Kansas from lack OF food
and fuel. While there have been isolated
gases Of death from exposure and instances
y individual suffering from scarcity OF
frovisions, the condition of affairs has
keen greatly exaggerated by irresponsible
Iersons. A dispatch tonight from Arkan-
sas City. near the Indian Territory, says
there has been
NO SUFFERING Whatever.
Clark County, Kansas, which has been re-
ported as being the region where the most
snaering prevailed, sends an emphatic de-
NAL OF the stories. No suffering or loss of
lle is reported throughout the county.
Ehs following dispatches to the Associated
Press from Hutchison, Kansas, received to-
right, say special dispatches from points
within q radius of hundred miles indi-
cate there has been unusual suffering
from cold. We have no advices of any
scarcity OF food or fuel. At Garden City,
KAnsas, in conversation with a represen-
tatiye o: all the counties OF Southwest
Kansas, the Sentinel learned that in these
counties there has been no more suffering
from the cold snap than il usually expert
enced by people who are provided against
such emergencies by clothing, food and fuel.
No deaths have been reported from cold
and people are well provided for.
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The House.

In the House to-day Mr.. Burrows, OF
Michigan, announced the death OF Mr..
Aofatt. and offered q series OF resolutions
upressing regard and providing for
ioint committee OF Representatives. and
snators to accompany the remains to
Michigan The House then, as a mark OF
respect to the memory OF the deceased ao'
burned to meet on Wednesday, January
iiSSS.
DEFICIENCY ESTIMATES.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day
transmitted to Congress estimates TO meet
he Deficiencies ia the expenditure OF the
rarious departments OF the Government
'or the fiscal year ending June 30, inSe'
| and prior years, amounting 10 Po'ooo,
| lie also submits estimates aggregating 49,.
O75.274. To meet the urgent demands upon
\ the Government for the fiscal year enoine
June 80 1888, and schedule o1 claims
\ amounting to S3S3,7O allowed by !he
Sxth Auditor on account OF compensation
Oi postmasters under the readJustneh'
act OF 1888.
COMBINATIONS.
Samuel T. Williams, of Maryland to De
secretary OF legation to Braz!i; y. o.
Strauss, Minister to Turkey. Also .ne
following postmasters: c. X. CIark' Nv
yada City, California; Mary F. byrnSs'
irass Valley, California; Thomas farren, n,
Narysvillc, California;; c. w. James: BAKER K,
Gty, Oregon; G. L. Milligan, East Las w.
gas, New Mexico.
EXCLUDING CHINESE.
Senator Mitchell presented memorial IN
the Senate to-day from the Fourteen vi
legislative Assembly Of Oregon, pray'is
'or modification of tie treaty between
'he United States and the Chinese EmpIre'
soas to stop and prohibit the imha saes
uon Mon Of Chinese and other Asiat'c laoote,s .
altcsether, and adept such lawiui nieus
ts sres as may be necessary to rid 1he 'o1"
VI! OF these already here.
CIMARRoN LAND DISTRICT.
Senator VOORHEES, introduced a bill TO.
day to extend the laws OF the United
states, except those providing for pre'emp
oon, timber culture and desert land ENTREES
public lands over the Public Lana o'.,p
nun th Of Indian Territory. 1t also cre'''e&
"e land district Of Cimarron.
RESTORATION ORDER MODIFIED.
%'r9tory .Lamer to-day inst, ucted tnt
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WARLIKE EXPENDITURES,

BUCHAREST, December 22.-The Chamber
of Deputies has sanctioned the expenditure
OF two million dollars in the purchase of
repeating rifles and one million dollars for
forts
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FlFTIETH CONGRESS.
Prcceedings of tho Senate and House
adjournment to January 4.

Prcceedings of tho Senate and House
Adjournment to January 4.
WAsEISGToN, December 22.-Mr. Dolph
Introduced bill to provide for the pay.
nsut Of claims for damages ty Indian
ispredatons. He said there were some
45OO such claims. aggregating some four
teen or fifteen million dollars.
The Senate then took up the joint reso
lion introduced by Mr.. Dolph, proposing
constitutional q amendment on the subject
dmarruge ard divorce, and prohibiting
Esamy and polygamy.
Mr. Doloh addressed the Senate in sup
port Of the joint resolution and spoke of
tbe sacr;:lnsss OF the marriage relations.
dthe mary varying marriage and diyorce
laws in l.. several States ci the UEion and
The prrpratv az having a Uniform 81 stem
governing maria &c ard Iii iy'r,ce throughout
ihe United States. He da:,ied that he was
influenced in introducing the resolution by
any desir- - pave the way for the adm!s.
sion Of U:.sh as State, ard after giving .
saetc' a. the history OF ihe Mormon
Church, declared his unaltera BILE opposition
to the admission Of Utah. SO long as there
vas any possibility for the continuance of
'Le doniiati tion Of the Mormon hierarchy.
At the close OF Mr.. Doiph's remarks the
joint resolution was ordered to lie on the
table. Mr.. CuIlom saying that he proposed
to submit some remarks upon it after the
assembling of the Senate.
The Senate bill to establish two addi-
tiona land Offices in Colorado was taken
% and passed.
The presiding officer announced the np-
pontment OF IL Special Committee to IN.
vestigate the condition of the five civilized
tribes OF Indians, as follows: Messrs. But
hr Morgan, Dawes, Cameron and Teller.
Mr. Teller introduced O. bill to provide
br the compulsory education OF Indian
children. Referred.
On motion OF Mr.. Allison at 11:15 the
Senate proceeded the executive business.
After hall an hour to open session was re-
sumed when message from the House an
nounced the death of Representative Mol
att
On motion OF Mr.. Palmer the usual 'eso-
htions OF regret were adopted. A commit
tee was appointed consisting OF Messrs.
Palmer, Teller and Jones of Arkansas to
sttend the funeral OF the dead member at
his late home in Traverse City. and as a
'arther mark of respect the Senate ad-
Nurned to meet on the 4th OF January.
1888.
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THE EUROPEAN CRISIS.
King Milan Says the Present Moment is
Fraught With Danger.
Servia Will Not Participate But Re.
main an Interested OnIo0ker.
Russia Has Made no IntimatiOn About
the Movement Of Troops.
She Will Not Grant the Usual F Furloughs
to Officers.
The Allies Expected to Influence Fer
dinand to Withdraw.

VIENNA, December 22.-Tbe New Free
Press says King Milan of Servia, replying
to an address OF congratulation presented
by the Chamber of Deputies, said the
present moment was fraught with danger
to Europe. II the conflict between the
Germanic and Slav ideas should ever occur,
he said, Servia should not participate, but
| should remain a spectator. It would be
| impossible to Germanize Servia individu-
| ally, but it might be Slavicized. Then it
would disappear. The Obrenovitich fam
lily (his family live only for the Servian
idea. my DESIRE" he continued, ''is to
follow family traditions, which are the Sc
cret OF my foreign policy"
RUSSIA NoNCOMMUNICATlvE.
1t is semi-officially stated that no com.
munications whatever have been exchanged
by the Austrian and Russian Governments
concerning the present situation in Buiga-
ria, nor has Russia made any intimation
regarding the movements OF troops ON the
frontier.
NO FuRLoUGHs THIS YEAR.
BERLIN, December 22.-Mlitary circles
here are anxious to learn whether the long
furloughs ordinarily granted by Russia on
January 18th to her army officers, who
are longest in service, will be given next
month. Letters from Moscow state that
q number Of officers have already been
warned not to arrange for leaves of alb
sence.
AN UNUSUAL PRECAUTIoN.
BUCHAREST. December 22-All vessels, |
pontoons and tugs belonging to the Aus
trian Navigation Company have been
ordered from the Lower Danube to Turn
SEVERN for the winter. This is an unusual
precaution.
WARLIKE EXPENDITURES.
BUCHAREST December 22.-The Chamber
Of Deputies has sanctioned the expenditure |
OF two million dollars in the purchase of !
repeating rifles and one million dollars for |
forts.
THE BONE OF CONTENTION.
ST.. PETERSBURG, December 22.-It is |
semi-officially denied that Russia has in.
formed the Powers that movements OF !
Russian troops in Poland have ceased. It |
is fact, however, that no further displace.
ment OF troops is expected during the |
present winter. Russian diplomats serious
iy expect some action on the part Of Ger
many, Austria and Italy to induce Prince |
Ferdinand to withdraw from Bulgaria.
The Russian Government has prohibited !!
the expectation into Prussia OF stone used |
for building forts.
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GREATLY EXAGGERATED.

The Suffering Reported in Kansas From
Want Of Wood and Fuel.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, December 22.-The
weather continues to moderate tonight.
The thermometer is 23 degrees above and
slowly rising. Encouraging reports are
coming in from tbs West, which 20 FAR to
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GAS IN THE SEWERS.
Explosion in flour Mill Caused by Es-
cape of Naphtha Gas.

Explosion In IL flour Mill Caused by Es-
cape of Naphtha Gas.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, December 21.-Shortly
before half past three this afternoon ter
rife explosion occurred in front OF the
Poole flour mills which was felt for a long
distance. A few seconds after other ex-
plosions followed in rapid succession. In
stantly flames burst from the mill and the
rear walls fell in. The fire burned with
great fury, spreading to other buildings
with great rapidity. The explosion was
caused by naphtha gas in sewers. Four
teen thousand gallons had been pumped
through pipe line from the oil works to
the gas house, and some breaks in the line
allowed considerable quantity te escape
into adjoining sewers. When they beca me
surcharged with gas, it made it's way into
the mill and exploded and the fire then
communicated through the mains in the
middle OF the street.
EXPLOSIONS CONTINUED
at such frequent intervals for the first hall
hour that people were deferred from going
Any horo ncnr tl,o Ere. w-.,.... s.,a -l.i'
dren were rushing frantically screaming for
their relatives, whom they supposed had
been burned in the mill. 1t is not known
how many persons were at work in the diff
ferent buildings or bow many escaped. at
midnight the fire was under control. Two
men are known to have been killed and
so,he are unaecounted for. The aggregate
damage will probably exceed $780, 900.
At midnight it is believed four persons are
killed. They are Frederick Wilson, Ed
ward 4. Webster, Abra NJ Rogers and John
Lee The injured will number at least
twenty. Most Of them are bruised and cut.
EXPLOSION IN A NINE.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, December 21.-A ter.
rible explosion OF gas occurred in the Not
tingham mine at Plymouth this evening.
Six miners entered q breast where the
ventilation was bad and a detective lamp
ca used the explosion. -Four OF the men
were .-taly and seriously burned.
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THE BONE OF CONTENTION.
The Students lseDeIlInus.

BERLIN, December a2.-Advices from st.
Petersburg state that owing to an emrite
among students OF the university there he
institution has been closed.
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Hall will be transformed into a handsome
store with plate glass front. The work OF
replacing

Hall will be transformed into handsome
| store with plate glass front. The work Of
replacing
THE TURNER PAVILION,
with two-story brick block, will com.
mence on April 1. Mr.. Barker has been
notified of the expiration of his lease on
that date, and will move into more COM
modious quarters. required by his increas-
ing business. The upper story of the new
block will be magnificent hall for the
Liederkranz Society, and the ground floor
will be laid out in stores. The Catholic
Church congregation are placing orders for
brick to build large and handsome pa.
rochial school building on the ground they
recently acquired on the corner OF Park
and Washington streets. There is at pres
ent an urgent need OF such an institution,
end it will be built on such a scale as to
answer the probable demands of the in
creasing population for years to come.
Yesterday Curtis & Majors sold to Colonel
Horst a residence lot ON the opposite cor
ner from the Catholic property on Park
and Washington streets.
is HIS INTENTION
to erect thereon very handsome and
commodious residence, and he will invite
eue COHupeGitlOu Oh several afCulteCCS tOr
the plans and specifications. Mr.. Wilder
Pinkham will next spring replace his frame
store buildings with q handsome three
story brick. His business has outgrown
his present quarters, and he has for some
time been contemplating the change. From
the orders that are new being placed as
well as those in prospect. it is certain that
the demand for brick next spring will large
ly exceed the possibility Of supply from the
yards tdat have heretofore supplied that
material to the city. Several enterprising
citizens are now casting about for lec&-
tions for new brickyards, and among the |
impOrtations this winter there will be q
number OF brick machines OF la rye capacity. |
Poplar Grove.
Chas. Lemars is making great improve
'nents at Poplar Grove, above Meader- |
vile, with u view OF making it the most |
popular resort within easy reach OF this !
city. He is reconstructing his buildings |
there, and enlarging the lake. He has |
made arrangements to stock the lake with |
several varieties OF trout from the Pacific /
coast, including the celebrated rainbow
trout OF McClond River, California, and |
silver trout from Hood River, Oregon. He
has ordered number of boats for the
pleasure OF picnic and fishing parties. He |
will plant a large number OF trees, arrang-
ing them in lovers walks, arbors, and |
maze on the plan OF the historic maze at
Woodstock.
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OF the currency stringency in the money
market would sooner or later have been
the result, with consequent panic in Wall
street.
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His Recovery improbable.


ALBANY, N. Y, December 21.-Ex-Secre.
tary Manning has rested quietly to-day and
his general condition is about as yestar-
day. His physicians do not look for an
immediate. crisis, but his recovery is inn
probable.
lie Was Charmingly Frank.
San Francisco Post: Young man."
said stern parent, with the accent
on the young, do you intend to
stay here all night holding my daughters
hand and looking her in the eyes like sick
calf?
mo, SIR
What do you intend to do, them"
''Well, thought that when you did us
the kindness to retire would put my arm
round her waist and il she did not object
too forcibly might risk kiss"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-09
What Did Congress.

The New York Herald enumerates
the following as the most important
bills passed by the late Congress
|. Settling the succession to the
Presidency.
,. Regulating the counting Of the
electoral vote.
3. Repeating the tenure of Office
act.
4. Forfeiting and restoring to the
public domain, about fifty millions of
acres of land.
). Prohibiting the ownership of
land by aliens.
6. Effectively dealing with the
crime of polygamy.
7. Referring all private claims
to the Court of Claims.
s. Ordering a thorough inquiry in
to the affairs and management of the
Pacific railroad.
.. Authorizing the President to
deal with the fishery troubles.
10. Regulating the interstate COM
merce.
II. Reducing the fees on postal
money orders.
~. Extending the free delivery
system to cities of 10000 inhabitants.
10. Relieving the merchantmarine
of a number of vexations and needless
burdens.
IA. Redeeming the trade dollar.
Is. Prohibiting the use of convict
labor on public buildings.
Is, Ordering the adjustment Of
railroad land grants.
II. Allotting lands in severalty tC
Indians.
IS. Authorizing the issue Of small
silver certificates.
49,. Giving money for Congress
ional library.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-09
Drug Store Poison.

1t is very old moral that is point
ed anew by the accidental death of a
Washington druggist, Paul Reinlein.
He was no novice in the business, he
had been many years. On the last
day of his life, Mr.. Reinlein sat down
at his desk in his store and began
looking over his accounts. Presently
feeling tired he wheeled around in
his chair, took down from the shelf
what he supposed to be the whiskey
bottle, poured out an ounce and a
half of the fluid, swallowed it, and
turned again to. his work. About
five minutes later he became con-
scious of queer feeling in his stOm-
ach. He suspected the truth at once,
dropped his pen, took down the bot
tie again, turned it around to see the
label. 1t read "aconite." The whis-
key bottle of the same size and shape
and properly labeled, stood next on
the shelf. The druggist, his frighten-
ed clerks and the physician who was
hastily summoned by telephone, did
all that could be done; but in an
hour and ten minutes Reinlein was a
dead man. One of these days, we
hope, the law everywhere in this
country will compel the proprietors
of drug stores to keep poisons by
themselves and under lock and key,
or, Gas the Washington Star suggests)
in bottles of a shape so entirely differ
ent from the others on the shelves
that the eye or the hand will instant
ly and necessarily recognize them for
what they are. When that time
comes, both the people in the drug
business and their customers will be
a good deal safer than they are at
present.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-09
Keep Bees.

We advise every farmer to keep
bees, not only for the money it may
bring, but for the qualification of his
family. We advise it, as we do the
growing of an abundance of strawber-
ries, grapes, etc.-as one Of the ties to
attach children to the farm, by max
ing it the best place on earth. We
also advise it for its influence upon
the young, in teaching them to OBJ
serve. Still, the main reason for
keeping bees is, the "sweet TOOTH"
if that be gratified, all other benefits
will follow. The way to begin bee
keeping, is to begin small. If one
procures single colony, in modern,
movable comb.hive, and by the aid
of one of the standard works (such as
Quinby's), cares for that colony and
its increase during the season, he will
have knowledge of Bookkeeping that
VIII enable him to manage many
hives, and which will enable him, if
he should so elect, to keep bees for
profit. One piece of advice should be
needed by all beginners: Do not be-
gin Bookkeeping unless with the de-
termination to give it that thought
and care which will make it a sue
cess. Nothing can be more unprofit-
able and demoralizing than aneglect-
ed apiary. Begin, then, with a single
hive, and experienced bee-keepers
are agreed that this is the proper
month in which to begin.-tmerican
AgriculturiSt.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-04-09
Inhabitants of Other Worlds.

The Popular Science News presents
in late issue an article bearing en-
this subject, in which it sets forth
one reason why such bodies as the
moon, Jupiter, and Saturn could not
be inhabited by beings of the same
physical constitution as mankind,
even supposing that other conditions
governing existence there should be
favorable, which is not the case. The
argument in question depends on the
action of gravitation at the surface of
these several bodies. Thus, at the
moons surface, the force of attrac-
ton being very much less than at the
earth's surface, a being constituted
like man, and endowed with the same
muscular energy, could leap to aston
ishing Misunderstanding, for eX-
ample, three-story brick house with
the same ease that he could clear a
and rail fence on the earth; the ele-
plant would become as light footed
as the deer; a stone thrown from the
hand of a thoughtless boy might fall
in an adjoining county before ac-
complishing its mission of destruc-
ton; armies could engage each other
in battle at great distances apart; and
all kinds Of labor would be greatly
lightened by reason ofthe diminished
weight of tools and materials. While
this state of things might not render
human lite, endowed as we have it on
earth, impossible on the moon, the
opposite state of things which would
prevail on Jupiter and Saturn would
certainly render life, in reality, bur-
den. The masses of Jupiter and Sat.
urn, being so much greater than that
of the earth, the correspondingly
greater attractions which they would
exert would SO impede locomotion
that unless endowed with enormous
ly greater muscular power than he is
gifted with on the earth, man would
only be able to crawl along as though
his feet were weighted with lead
while the larger animals, IN all prob
ability, would be crushed by theil
own weight.